Tuesday's Ten With a Twist

I haven't done a Tuesday's Ten post in a very long time.  So, I thought today is as good as any day.  I am sure you are wondering, "What is this twist you mentioned in the title?"  Good question.  I plan on making today's post have 2 parts.

PART ONE

1. Logan has been in underwear for over a week now.  Now, don't get too excited.  He still has some accidents, and we do make him go to the bathroom every hour and 15 minutes or so, but small steps people...small steps.
2. Scarlet has been working on cutting her bottom canines for over a month now.  I feel she is so close to having them break through.  I can see the tops are just about there--that is when she lets me look into her mouth.  Usually have to get her laughing during a diaper change to really get a good peek in there.
3. Scarlet LOVES books.  She knows which ones she likes.  Usually she will hand a book to me and sit down right where we are to hear it.  She expects me to sit as well.  If she doesn't like the book, she will close it in my hand and not let me finish.
4. Logan still loves to lie down to play with his cars.
5. Scarlet *might* be allergic to sesame.  We are not positive yet.  She tried hummus yesterday and today and both times she got red blotches around her mouth, on her chin, and on her cheeks.
6. Logan likes to sing to himself all the time.  One of his favorite songs to sing is "The More We Get Together".
7. Scarlet is very good at using a fork to eat.  In fact, she uses one at almost every meal.
8. Currently, Logan's favorite book is Curious George.
9. Scarlet is a climber!!!  She climbs up the slide.  She climbs up the stairs.  She climbs up the ladder on the playset.  She climbs onto chairs.  The other day, she climbed up onto the dining room table.  She is fearless!
10. Logan turned 4 today!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Can you believe it?!

PART TWO

Here's the twist...10 photos of the kids that I really like from this summer that have not been posted on the blog yet.  It's a two for one folks!!!!

 

Yes, I know that technically there are 11 photos, but let's overlook that shall we?  They are cute kids after all.

Tuesday's Ten

1.  Logan can count to 9.  He's been watching these Leap Frog videos lately, and I think that has helped him learn his numbers. 
2.  Logan started a 2-day/week preschool program on Monday.  I am told he had a really great time.  I think this is going to be very good for him.
3.  Scarlet sleep through the night occasionally.  She will do it for a few nights, then go back to waking every 3 hours for a couple of nights.  It's pretty awesome.
4.  Scarlet has started to "talk" a lot more.  Her voice is so cute.  And, it's pretty loud.
5.  Scarlet is also an avid smiler!
6.  I love the way Logan says "chocolate".  He pronounces it:  choc-o-lot.  He says every syllable.  Super cute.  I will miss it when he starts to say it all "normal" like.
7.  Scarlet has been exclusively and successfully breast fed for 3 months!
8.  Logan is really interacting with his toys now.  He makes them talk and the characters do things.  It is fabulous.

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Tuesday's Ten

It's been a while since I did a Tuesday's Ten.  I thought it was about time to do one.  There are many things I think I should record for posterity, but I never do it.



LOGAN'S TEN:

1. He is stringing together 2 and 3 words now into sentences.  Example, "I watch House?"  He also occasionally uses big words like "delicious".
2. He loves cars--a lot!  He takes them with us.  First he carried them in a woven basket, then in a blue plastic basket, and now in one of his trucks.  The other night he was cleaning them in the bathtub.    
3. Logan has gotten into painting again.  That makes me happy.
4. For a while, Logan was getting up before 6am and coming into our room.  We bought him an "okay to wake clock".  Unfortunately, it is not working as well as we would like.  However, he is coming into our room later now.
5. He loves Scarlet so much.  He wants her with us.  When she is not there, he asks where Baby is.  Today he asked where Scarlet was.  So cute.
6. Logan is "frightened" of larger than life characters.  We went to a pbs thing a couple of weekends ago and he was nervous to go up to the dog and super why characters. 
7. Logan has begun to trace letters--all on his own.  We bought him an app for the iPad to practice.
8. Speaking of the iPad...Logan can use it better than I can.  How crazy is that?
9. Logan is really into his sandbox.  He plays in there with his cars.  
10. Logan (and Scarlet) now have a dedicated playroom.  He enjoys playing in there with his cars.  He can paint when he wants.  It's a nice room.  It also helps him not to be distracted by the TV.

SCARLET'S TEN

1. She is still going strong with nursing.  It's been 2 months--yay!!
2. She sleeps through the night from time to time.  She will do a 5-6 hour stint before resuming her normal 3 hour stretch.
3. She has outgrown her newborn clothes.  So sad because she had a couple of cute dresses.
4. Scarlet is only using cloth pocket diapers.  No more disposables for her!
5. She is a smiling maniac!
6. Scarlet has started tummy time.  She can tolerate it for 5 minutes or so.  I think she likes it better when we use the boppy to prop her up.
7. She is a noisy sleeper.  She grunts and makes other annoying, yet cute noises in her sleep.  Hopefully she will grow out of this.
8. She is doing well taking the occasional bottle.  I was worried about this.  But, when we give it to her, she does take it.
9. Scarlet is having more awake times during the day.  She likes to look around.  There isn't much more that she can do yet, but it's fun that she isn't sleeping all the time.
10. Scarlet loves bath time.  She smiles when I put her in the tub.  I hope she continues to like bath time.